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JOHN MAssEY, 0E NEW YORK, N.. Y., AssIeNoE To HIMSELE AND PETER M. sTAee, 0E SAME PLACE. l

Letters .Patent No. 68,892, dated September 17, 1867; anteda-ted September 7, 1867.

IMPROVEMENIV IN INVLID-BIDSTEADS.

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Be it known that I, JOHN MAssEY, of the city, county, and' State of New York, have invented a .certain new and useful Improvement on Family and Invalid-Bedsteads, 'of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accmpanying drawing, forming part of this specication, and in Which- Figure Irepresents a side elevation of a hedstead constructed according to my improvement, with achanged positionof certain of its parts represented in red lines. u

Figure 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same with head-board detached, and

Figure 3 a plan thereof.

Like letters indicate like parts throughout the several figures.

vThe nature of my invention consists, in combination with a hedstead, swinging arms 'or slings attached, preferably in a detachable manner, to' the head or one end of the-bedstead for the purpose of facilitating Obstetric andother surgical operations; likewise, in a peculiar construction of the foot-board or one end of the bedstead, whereby the same may be converted into a table, the bedstead being so constructed that it mayhe transformed into an. invalid-chair, which change may be produced without disturbing or distressing the occupant, and without depriving the bedstead of its normal or ordinary character, when not desired to be used as above described.

Referring to the accompanying drawing,` A represents the sides. and ends or framework 'of the bedstead, and B its posts or legs. C is the head-board, which is made detachabl,e,b y sliding in grooves in the posts, or otherwise. D D1 D2 is the slOttedbOttOm, made up in sections, and resting on suitable supports, the two end sections, Dl D, being hinged, as at I), to the central section D, or otherwise similarly pivoted or hinged to the framework. E El E2 is the mattress or bed, also made up in corresponding sections, the centreV one, E, of which should be loose and removable, for the purpose of uncovering an openingyc, under which may be arranged a suitable utensil to meet the natural necessities of the invalid.

To raise the invalid from a recnmbent to an inclined or sitting position the hack end section Dl is raised from a' horizontal to any necessary height or angle'by suitable gear, which may consist of an endless screw, d, operated by a crank or handle, c, and meshing into' a'worm-wheehf, attached to a rock-shaft, g, on which are toes h that lift or support the back end` section D. To give a yet more chair-like character to the bed the foot end section D2 is lowered to any suitable angle by withdrawing a locking-pin, z', when the foot-mattress E2, secured nt its inner side or edge to said section, will serve as an easy support to the legs of the invalid.

Connected with the foot end ot' the bed is an upper hinged extension, F, of the foot-board, which may be lowered to form a'table, and made to rest on removable supports I c, as represented by red lines in iig. 1, the inclined back and foot-rest, as formed by the sections D and D2, being alsorepresented by red lines in the same figure. 4

These combined chair and table changes or modifications, convertible at pleasure into a bed, constitute an entirety of great convenience and advantage to an invalid. i

For' surgical or ohstetric operations I pivot or hinge, prcferablyin a detachable manner, to the one or head end of the bedstead swinging arms or slings G, provided with stirrups or rests m, on or within which the leg or legs of the patient rest on withdrawing the head-board C. This will be found a convenient attachmengnot only in cases of amputation or other surgical operations arising from accident, but also in natural ones connected with obstetrics or diseases of the womb, the stirrups or rests m support-ing the legs of the female in any desired position. In some cases the swinging-arms or slings may be hung to swing within the hedstead, or. so as to be capable of being swung within or outside of the same at pleasure.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a bedstcad of swinging arms or slings G, provided with stirrups or rests m, for` operation substantially as specified. Y i

2. The hinged portion F of the foot-board, constructed as described, to form a table to the bedstead, substantiallyas set forth.

"JOHN MASSEY.

Witnesses:

,`A. LE CLERC, G. W. REED. 

